Originally posted by
modwiz
Semitic is a language group, not a people, though it includes ALL members of Semitic-speaking people of which Arabic is by far the largest. The appropriation and redefinition of the word is unfortunate.
I am both saddened and alarmed, not just annoyed, by the ugly anti-Jewish sentiment I see expressed in comments and live chats on the internet. I grew up in a Jewish community and apartment building. 40 apartments, 2 gentile and 38 Jewish families. My first serious girlfriends were Jewish, and many more after that. I love Jewish people. I have been banned from homes, asked to leave parties by some Jewish families. On the other hand, I have been feted and treated like a prince by the large majority of them. (They like smart and I do too).
Criminals are criminals, their religion or ethnicity has no bearing on things and just muddies identifying criminal behavior when the emotionally charged, but empirically unimportant issue of religion/ethnicity, is thrown into narratives/parrotives.
So, other than choice of words, I agree with you.